Industrial Relations Law

Charles Burrow Senior Lecturer in Law, University of North London

Chapter 1 Trade Unions – The Historical Context 1 General reading: Webb, S and Webb, B, The History of Trade Unionism, 2nd edn, 1920; Pelling, H, A History of British Trade Unionism, 5th edn, 1993; Cole, GDH, A Short History of the British Working Class Movement 1789–1947, 2nd edn, 1948; Clegg, H, Fox, A and Thompson, AF, A History of British Trade Unions Since 1889, 1964; Hunt, EH, British Labour History 1815–1914, 1981; Orth, J, Combination and Conspiracy: A Legal History of Trade Unionism 1721–1906, 1991; Hamish Fraser, W, A History of British Trade Unionism 1700 – 1998, 1999; Lewis, R, ‘The historical development of labour law’ (1976) 14 BJIR 1; Hodge, A, ‘The curious history of trade union law’, 1989] Denning LJ 92.; Part 1 The Regulation of Trade Union Internal Affairs; Chapter 2 Trade Union Government and Administration; Chapter 3 and.; Chapter 4 Admission, Discipline and Expulsion I; Chapter 5 Admission, Discipline and Expulsion II; Chapter 6 Union Elections; Chapter 7 Trade Unions and Political Activities 1 For general background, see Ewing, KD, Trade Unions, The Labour Party and the Law, 1982.; Part 2 Freedom Of Association and Collective Bargaining; Chapter 8 Legal Effect of Collective Agreements; Chapter 9 Individual Rights for Union Members and Officials; Chapter 10 Collective Rights for Trade Unions–Recognition; Chapter 11 Collective Rights for Trade Unions – Information and Consultation; Chapter 12 The Right to Associate in Trade Unions; Part 3 Industrial Conflict; Chapter 13 Industrial Action and the Individual Worker; Chapter 14 Civil Liabilities; Chapter 15 Trade Union Immunities; Chapter 16 Union Liability for Industrial Action; Chapter 17 The Conduct of Industrial Disputes;